With Crumbling Bridges and Roads, the Nation is Excited to Build a Giant Wall
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) August 31, 2015: As America’s bridges, roads, and other infrastructure dangerously deteriorate from decades of neglect, there is a mounting sense of urgency that it is time to build a giant wall.
Across the U.S., whose rail system is a rickety antique plagued by deadly accidents, Americans are increasingly recognizing that building a wall with Mexico, and possibly another one with Canada, should be the country’s top priority.
Harland Dorrinson, the executive director of a Washington-based think tank called the Center for Responsible Immigration, believes that most Americans favor the building of border walls over extravagant pet projects like structurally sound freeway overpasses.
“The estimated cost of a border wall with Mexico is five billion dollars,” he said. “We could easily blow the same amount of money on infrastructure repairs and have nothing to show for it but functioning highways.”
Congress has dragged its feet on infrastructure spending in recent years, but Dorrinson senses growing support in Washington for building a giant border wall. “Even if for some reason we don’t get the Mexicans to pay for it, five billion is a steal,” he said.
While some think that America’s declining infrastructure is a national-security threat, Dorrinson strongly disagrees. “If immigrants somehow get over the wall, the condition of our bridges and roads will keep them from getting very far,” he said.
With Crumbling Bridges and Roads, the Nation is Excited to Build Giant Wall
Take away: With crumbling infrastructure these illegals won’t get very far if they can get past our giant wall.
I’m not sure if the think tank person was tongue in cheek when stating these quotes, but it sure seems like it.
And honestly, $5.6 billion seems way on the low side. I talked to a guy this morning who just entered into a contract to build a mid-rise non-major project (8 floors single lot) and he said when he negotiated with the contractor earlier last year versus now, the price went up $2 million due to rising steel rebar and concrete prices.
Michael:
All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest.
Click on the link and go to the New Yorker. Sarcasm is what the author uses to display silly issues.